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439. Notification by William of Ely, formerly treasurer of the kings of England, that he has confirmed to the monks of Westminster, for the souls of Henry, Richard and John, kings of England, for that of Richard [Fitz Nigel], bp. of London, and for his own soul, all his houses, a courtyard and an unattached stable in the vill of Westminster, which he had of the gift of Richard, bp. of London, and which are of the fee of Westminster. So long as he remains domiciled in that property by licence of the monks, he will render them, in addition to the candle of 2 lbs weight which he formerly rendered, 1 lb of incense on the Feast of the Ascension. [post 1 Sept. 1218 x ante 25 Feb. 1221]
Universis Christi fidelibus ad quos presens scriptum pervenerit, Willelmus de Hell, quondam regum Anglie thesaurarius, salutem. Novent universitas vestra me dedisse et hac presenti carta mea confirmasse Deo et monachis Westmonasterii, pro animabus Henrici, Ricardi et Johannis, regum Anglie, et pro anima Ricardi London' episcopi, et pro salute anime mee, omnes domos meas, et curiam cum pertinentiis, simul cum quodam stabulo quod non est de ipsa curia, in villa Westmonasterii, quas habui ex donatione Ricardi London' episcopi, et que sunt de feodo Westmonasterii, habendas et possidendas inperpetuum; et totum jus quod in eadem curia vel domibus memorati habui, ipsis monachis (inperpetuumc) quietum clamavi inperpetuum de me et heredibus meis, solvam autem predictis monachis quamdiu per licenciam ipsorum in ipsis domibus mansero, preter cereum duarum librarum quem pro eisdem domibus reddere consuevi, unam libram liberi incensi in Ascensione Domini ratione huius mee donationis et concessionis quam ipsis monachis feci de domibus et terris et curia cum pertinentiis suis, et ut hec mea donatio et concessio firma et stabilis perseveret, earn presenti scripto et sigilli mei appositione roboravi. Hiis testibus: Domino Pandulfo Norwycensi electo, apostolice sedis legato; Domino Huberto de Burgo, justiciario Anglie; Domino Eustachio de Faucunberge, domini regis thesaurario; Roberto de Nova Villa; Thoma de Chimilli; Willelmo de Caste11'; Johanne filio Willelmi; Alexandro clerico; Roberto capellano; Uliano Chesneduit, senescallo Westmonasterii; Odone aurifabro; Johanne fusore; Roberto de Cleygate; Magistro Phillipo; Ricardo Muschat; Petro de Ely; Radulpho de Chesewik; Magistro Alano coco, et multis aliis.
MS: WAD, ff. 342v-343.
Rubric: Carta Willelmi de Ely, quondam regum Anglie thesaurarii, de domibus et curia predictis, cum quodam stabulo adjacente. Pd: Richardson, 'William of Ely', 89, no. VIII.
Date: Attested by the legate Pandulf, as bp.-elect of Norwich, therefore post 1 Sept. 1218 (Fasti, II, 56), and by the royal treasurer Eustace de Fauconberg, who held this office from the autumn of 1217 (Rot. Litt. Claus., I, 340b), and was elected bp. of London 25 Feb. 1221 (Fasti, I, 2). Note: Bp. Richard's grant to his kinsman William is 219. See also Richardson, 'William of Ely', 59-60. The attestations indicate that William had been reconciled with the regency government, following his defection during the civil war (Richardson, ibid. , 56-60). The land recorded in this charter was later acquired by the justiciar Hubert de Burgh, c. Nov. 1222 x April 1224 (ibid., 90, no. IX). On the location of this property (in Endiff) and its extension by William, see Rosser, 'Medieval Westminster', 21-3. |